Cafés in Breckland
We know of 156 cafés across Breckland. 110 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 92% of those are rated 4 or 5, 88 with the top score of 5. 4 are rated 2 or below. That covers coffee shops and tea rooms too: anywhere serving food or drink is inspected the same way.
Food hygiene ratings at cafés across Breckland
110 of the 156 cafés have a rating. 9 are waiting for a first inspection, usually because they have just opened. The rest aren’t matched to the register yet.
Rated 5, most recently inspected
- Out There Forest School5Inspected 20 Oct 2026
- Costa Coffee5Inspected 8 Oct 2026
- The Norfolk Nook Cafe5Inspected 1 Oct 2026
- North Pickenham Community Cafe5Inspected 24 Sept 2026
- Aquatics Café5Inspected 22 Sept 2026
- Revive wellness cafe5Inspected 10 Sept 2026
Rated 2 or below
- Pedlars corner Cafe & Tea Room1Inspected 13 Apr 2026
- Easy Cleaning Solutions Limited1Inspected 21 Oct 2025
- Sweetleaf cafe2Inspected 6 May 2026
- Minels Kebab2Inspected 13 Jan 2025
Cafés by area
A few to start with
- Costa Coffee Coffee shop Kingston Rd, Dereham, NR19 1WB 5 Call
- Costa Coffee Coffee shop 14 King Street, Thetford, IP24 2AP 5 Call
- Norfolk Kitchen Coffee shop 7 Market Pl, Dereham, NR19 2AW 5 Call
- Tall Orders - Dereham Cafe Old Eagle Market, 2 Wellington Road, Dereham, NR19 2BP 5 Call
- Bramleys Cafe and Cakery Cafe 157 Shipdham Rd, Dereham, NR19 1NP 5 Call
- Costa Coffee Coffee shop Drive Thru, 1 Rudge Way, Necton, PE37 8FP 5 Call
- Guist General Store and Café Cafe Post Office, Norwich Road, Dereham, NR20 5AJ Call
- Lyng Stores and Tea Room Tea room The Common, Norwich, NR9 5RP Call
- Pickle and Pie Cafe Dereham Rd, Dereham, NR19 1RF Call
- Tall Orders Coffee Shop Coffee shop 24 King St, Thetford, IP24 2AP 5 Call
- Adem's Cafe Cafe 37 High St, Thetford, IP25 6AB 5 Call
- Beehive Coffee Shop Coffee shop Blo Norton House, The St, Diss, IP22 2JB 5 Call
- Brown's Cafe 1 Swaffham Road, Thetford, IP26 5EH 4 Call
- Coco Cafe 24 Norwich St, Dereham, NR19 1BX 5 Call
- Costa Coffee Coffee shop 41 Market Place, Dereham, NR19 2AP 5 Call
- Goldstar Cafe Cafe 11 Exchange St, Attleborough, NR17 2AB 5 Call
- Market Cross Cafe Bar Cafe 15 Market Pl, Swaffham, PE37 7AB 5 Call
- Play Nooks Coffee shop Play Nooks (by Banham Zoo entrance) Kenninghall road, Norwich, NR16 5 Call
- Shelly's Cafe 5 London St, Swaffham, PE37 7DD 5 Call
- Starbucks Coffee shop 40 Market Market Place, Dereham, NR19 2AP 5 Call
- The Hideout Cafe Queen's Square, Attleborough, NR17 1AF 5 Call
- The King's Cafe Cafe 2 Dereham Rd, Thetford, IP25 7NA 5 Call
- The Tea Pot Cafe Cafe Plowright Surgery, 7-8, Swaffham, PE37 7LQ 5 Call
- Adem's Cafe 2B Exchange Street, Attleborough, NR17 2AB 5 Call
Questions people ask
Do coffee shops get food hygiene ratings?
Yes. A café or coffee shop is a food business, so the council inspects it and rates it from 0 to 5 like any restaurant. The very lowest-risk places, selling only drinks and packaged snacks, may be marked exempt instead.
Which cafés in Breckland have the top hygiene rating?
88 of the 110 rated cafés across Breckland scored 5, “very good”, when they were last inspected. They include Out There Forest School, Costa Coffee and The Norfolk Nook Cafe.
What does “awaiting inspection” mean?
A new food business has to register with the council at least 28 days before it opens, and is rated at its first inspection, which can be some weeks after opening. Until then the register shows it as awaiting inspection. 9 of the cafés across Breckland are in that position.
Where do I find a café’s rating?
Many cafés put the sticker in the window or by the till, but in England they don’t have to. Every rating is on the Food Standards Agency’s website, and on each café’s page here.
Other things people look for
Food hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency, checked every night. Listings from Overture Maps, the Food Standards Agency and © OpenStreetMap contributors. Missing one? Tell us.